THE WEBSTER BIBLE by Webster, Noah - 1987

Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House Company, 1987. Hardcover. FINE in Very Good Plus Dustjacket. FINE in very good plus dustjacket. A bit of light wear to DJ edges with a .5" creased but closed tear to DJ upper rear edge. A couple tiny punctures to front panel near spine, no effect on board. Gilt lettering deeply debossed to spine (in black box) and to front board, gilt design to spine which is stamp in blind to front board. Brown leather-covered boards. Very clean, tight, bright. No markings at all. 907 pp.

Reprinted from the 1833 edition, issued by Durrie & Peck of New Haven, CT, entitled "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, in the common version. With amendments of the language, by Noah Webster, LL. D." Webster "untangled some of the clumsy phrases and updated the vocabulary so the early nineteenth-century readers, both young and old, could more easily understand the Bible. The changes he made were minimal but crucial. Master grammarian that he was, Webster was sensitive to the beauty and integrity of the KJV and did not tamper with these qualities. Rather, he replaced obsolete terms with those in good use (suppose instead of trow). He also improved the grammar (standardized the use of shall-will, should-would), and corrected obvious errors in the translation. A strong evangelical Christian, Webster's high view of Scripture prompted his masterful improvement of the English text," (front flap).